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I’ve seen photos of Nathan Sawaya’s Lego sculptures in the past, but up until now I’ve never had the opportunity to see them in person. This weekend The Art of the Brick, Sawaya’s touring show, is opening at Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) in Portland, Oregon. I had the chance to get a preview of the show on Friday’s media day. There were other reporters there as well, getting some footage and photographs and interviewing the three local Lego artists also featured in the exhibit. (Sawaya himself was not present.) I spent some time just walking around and admiring the sculptures — believe me, as amazing as these look in photographs, they’re even more impressive up close. The three masks you see above, for instance, are somewhere around five or six feet tall.

As with other appearances of The Art of the Brick, the show features some work by local artists as well. Since much has been written about Sawaya already, I’ll tell you a little bit about some of the local folks.